Moving-picture machine.



E. H. MGMYEB,

MOVING PICTURE mmm.

APPLICATION TILEI) FEHQGEQW.

Patsn'ted Sept. .22, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

u vento@ `and shownl in the accompanying drawings.. 30.

' elevational view thereof.

UNITED.. srarns nageur oFsioE.

.Hanns H. Montrer., or DALLAS, TEXAS.

Morino-.PICTURE MACHINE.:

lTo all whom'z't may concern vBe it known that L'HARRY Moiirnn, acitizen of tli'e United States, residing at- Dal-las, in the countyv of.Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in `MovingPicture Machines, of which the following is 'aspecification,- reterenceb'eing had ings.'` l

This invention comprelieiids certain new and useful improvementsinfinoving picture machines and has for a primary' object to generallyimprove the parts of the machine and to provide vinea-ns for moving theprojector to' correspondwith the movement of the tilin, thus making thepictures clearer. Another object is to generally improve and siinplifi7the construction and operation of the' various partsof the machine andprovide means foi' iea'dily adjusting the film `guiding means, whereblyTthe film ,may be adjusted with respect to the lens within the projector.

.` `liith'the above and other objects in view.l

this invention consists in the lnovel `features of construction, andinthe combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, pointed out in the claims in which I y l Figure 1, is aview-of the complete machine in side elevation. FigQ, is a front Fig. 3,is an enla'rged detail horizontal cross sectional view through thevprojector -and its guide strips,

said view being ta'ken'oii the line 3 3 of Fig. #1. Fig. i, is anenlarged detail vertical c'ross'sectionalview on the lineal-1 of Fig.

1. Fig.' shutter.

Referring more speciiicallyto the drawings in which similar vreferencecharacters designate corresponding parts,- 1 designates 5, is a detailelevational view ot the Athe base,supported/b)Y the legs 2 at itscorners and ha ing the lantern boX 3 positioned upon its .rear endwhile. the standard l pre1 which the film G is ted, sain jects up 'ardlyfrom one ofthe forward cori nersI of the base-and supportsthe reet.)from reel being 'rotatablv mount-ed upon the shaft T carried' in theupper `end of the standard i. lThe receiving reel 8 is mounted upon ashaft 9 carried in the lower end of tliestandard 1, 'beneath the .base 1and the reel 8 receives the* to the accompanying draw- Speciiicaton ofLetters atent. Patntd Sgpt, 22, 1914:, Application aied February26,1913. semi No. 750,899. l

iilin G atter the latterhas passed between the .guide strips lO'and 11adjustably positioned said strips. The guide strips 10 and 11 aresecured to' the forward standards 13 which are' connected at theiruppervends by the.

cross -i'iiemhe'r',1417 the lower ends of the standards 13 being securedto the movable carriage 15 which ma;vv be adjusted longitudinally of thebase 1 by rotating' the wheel .16 upon the shaft l? which has pinions 1Smounted thereon and engaged with `the iacl-:s '19 upon the base 1, aswill be readily understood.. rIfhe curvature or" the ends of' the guidestrips 10 and 11, inwardlv of their turned'` extremity nia v beregulated by the bolts Q0 and 91. the bolts 20 being positioned throughthe cross member 1l while the bolts are positioned through the lowercross member connecting the lower ends of the standards 13. j r Thelongitudinal shaft Q8 is rotatably ena o'ed through' the upper crossmember H and through the cross member Qi projecting from the kside ofthe standard 4. A lower cross member Qis secured to the basel with oneend engaged against the standard l and said cross member isparallel withthe cross a einher Si.' The rear aces of the cross members 21- and 25,are curved and have the opposite ends of the vertically extendingprojector-guide strips 2G secured thereto by means of the bolts 2T and28, respectirely, the strips another and hai-'ing slight movement be-`tween the cui' ed faces oi the cross"members iii and 25 and the heads oftheir respective bolts' 2T andQS. The `projector l2 isvpro- '.ided withvertical slots "28) inthe opposite sides of its wide portion 12 to,accommodate the guide -strips 2G and permit the props -tor to slidevertically .between the guide strips. The strips 2G and the slots 2S)are curved to correspond, thus permitting the lprojector to ino've in anarc and as said pro' 'jet-tor, which carriestlie forward `erpro- '5being in spaced relation to one` -jected -lens- 30 in the usual manner,4moves downwardly with eachpicture, a steady focus is retained for eachlpicture thrown upon the screen, the curvature of-said strips .'26 and.slots 29 depending upon` the distancev f between the projector andthescreen', as'will i be clearly'understood.

'The projector 12 has an its rearupp'er edge and extending upwardly--shaft '23,'. which cam Wheel serves-to .force theproje'ctor 12,downwardlyvyith each pic-l -and engaged withth'efcam Wheel 32 upon theture; The extension-'31 :is retained in. en-

@gagement with the cam wheel 32 and the projector automatically returnedto normal 'position after each picture, bymeans of .the

springs 33'and" 34, the spring 33 being se cured by onefend t theprojector outwardly o f the guide' strips :Z6-while its opposite end issecured to the cross member 24. The' shaft and. has the-belt 38 engagedtherearound, by means of which belt the shaft .23' is'rot'ated.

. -The belt 38 passes around a series of rollers 39. between the beltwheel 37 and the large pulley 40 on the shaft 41 upon which the pulley42 is mounted, said pulley 42 being driven by the belt 43. from thedrive pulley44 upon vthe drive shaft 45. The

shafts 41 and 45 are mounted in the adjustable frame 46'whichis pivotedat its forjustable Ward end to the lugs 47 depending from the forwardend of the base, by means of thev shaft 48 mounted .through the lugs 47Vand carrying certain. of the vrollers 39. The adframe' 46 is-retained4in. adjusted position by means of the latch member 49 carried'uponthetransverse rod 50 positioned through the rear end of the frame 46 andhaving the wheel 51 upon one end by means of which the rod may be turnedto engage the latch member 49 with the curved depending arm 52 securedat. .its upper end to the base 1 beneath the lantern box 3. The shaft 41also carries the roller, (not shown) for feeding the film 6. It will beunderstood that the adjustable frame 46 is raised and lowered andsecured in adjusted position by the latch member 49 to adjust thepicture on the screen.` The receiving reel or take up reel 8 for thefilm 6 is driven by a separate .belt 53 passing around belt wheel 54upon the shaft 9 and around one of the rollers 39, as will beclearlyunderstood.

From the foregoing 1t will be. apparent4 that I have provided a movingpicture ma-I extension 31 upon chine in 'which the pictures may befocused on the, screen by adjusting the carriage 15 to move the film,instead of adjusting the lens. The maushine4 is also constructed so thatthe projector and lens carried thereby will have a motion correspondingto the movement of each picture upon the film during the time it isprojected upon the screen, thus retaining the same in focus and therebymaking thepicture clear. Further, the reciprocating movement of theprojector is caused by a cam carried upon the same shaft as the 'rotaryshutter and owing tojthe construction and arrangement of the variousparts r of the machine, the same may be lreadily adi` justed, asdesired, and retained in adjusted position. The film may be readilyadjusted upon the screen by adjusting the frame 46 to bring the pictureon the center of the vscreen as will be clearly understood by referringto the drawing. e

Owing to the extremely simple construction and arrangement of the partsof the machine, the cost of the same will be reduced and the machinewill be highly efficient and durable in use.

IWlhile I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it willbe apparent thatminor changes in the details of construction may be madeWithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Havingl thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A moving picturemachine comprising a base, a longitudinal shaft mounted above the base,a rotary shutter upon one end of the. shaft, apulley upon the. oppositeend of the shaft, a cam .wheelmounted upon the shaft., a projectormounted above the base and engaged with the cam wheel, means for feedinga film rearwardly of the projector, a lantern box rearwardly of the filmand shutter, the cam wheel causing the projector to move downwardly witheach picture upon the film, means for causing upward movemert of theprojector at the end of each picture projection, and means for drivingthe pulley.

2. A. moving picture machine comprising base, means for supporting thebase, al longitudinal shaft 'above the base, a cam wheel upon the shaft,a shutter'upon `the shaft, a pulley upon the shaft, film guides upon thebase, means for adjusting the film guides longitudinally of the base,film reels mounted aboveand below the base, a frame pivo'ted at one endbeneath the base, means for retainingthe frame in adjusted position,

a filmfeed roller mounted in the frame, a

tween certain olf said drive pulleys and the -In testimony whereof Ihereunto ax my l 'pulley on they longitudinal shat'to rotate signaturein the presence of two witness-ee. the shutter and cam Wheel an causethe v latter to move the projector in one direction, l HARRY MOMYE-R' 5.a lantern box rearwardly of the shutter, and. Tt-messes:

means for returning the projector to normal XV. S. F AnMER,

L. BRYANT.

position.

